October 7, 2021
A man who owned a Southern California pharmacy was sentenced to over five years in prison after he admitted submitting more than $13 million in fraudulent insurance claims for expensive medication. Thu Van Le, 42, pleaded guilty in July to …
October 7, 2021
A former employee of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) was sentenced to 78 days in jail, to be spent on weekends, for accepting more than $40,000 in bribes in exchange for providing personal identifying information of traffic crash victims and …
October 7, 2021
A federal judge in Florida has ordered multinational construction firm Skanska to pay more than $92,000 after the court found that the company had destroyed potential evidence after 23 barges broke loose during a hurricane and damaged a bridge and …
October 7, 2021
Specialty Program Group LLC (SPG), an operator of specialty insurance brokerages and underwriting facilities, acquired the assets of CM&F Group, a digital provider of healthcare liability insurance coverage for individuals and groups. CM&F, formerly Cotterell, Mitchell & Fifer, was founded …
October 7, 2021
President Joe Biden partially granted a request for a major disaster declaration in response to storms that severely damaged much of Cheshire and Sullivan counties in New Hampshire, Governor Chris Sununu said Monday. The request was granted for the storms …
October 7, 2021
QUETTA, Pakistan – An earthquake of magnitude 5.7 hit southern Pakistan in the early hours of Thursday, killing 20 people, most of them women and children, and injuring about 300, at a time when many victims were asleep, authorities said. …
October 7, 2021
A Nigerian oil producer sued Royal Dutch Shell Plc for more than $2 billion over the ownership of oil wells, intensifying a dispute around an asset sale completed six years ago. Aiteo Eastern E&P Co. Ltd. claims that Shell falsely …
October 7, 2021
The Transportation Security Administration will introduce regulations that compel the most important U.S. railroad and airport operators to improve their cybersecurity procedures, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said on Wednesday. The upcoming changes will make it mandatory for “higher-risk” rail …
October 7, 2021
Australia’s top law officer has written to her state counterparts urging them to redraft the country’s defamation law after a High Court ruling that publishers of social media posts are liable for reader comments sent shockwaves through the media sector. …
October 7, 2021
Tesla Inc. will likely seek to slash a $137 million jury award for a Black worker who accused the automaker of racial discrimination, but could have difficulty reducing the verdict amid claims that the company tolerated widespread harassment, legal experts …